Validity of adult psychopathology model using psychiatric patient sample from a developing country: confirmatory factor analysis

Alareqe, Naser Abdulhafeeth and Hassan, Siti Aishah and Engku Kamarudin, Engku Mardiah and A. Aljaberi, Musheer and Nordin, Mohamad Sahari and Mohamed Ashureay, Nadeem and Ali Mohammed, Lubna (2022) Validity of adult psychopathology model using psychiatric patient sample from a developing country: confirmatory factor analysis. Hindawi, 2022. pp. 1-12. E-ISSN 2036-7465

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Abstract

Objectives. This study is aimed at testing and validating the two-factor measurement model of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI). Specifically, this paper reported construct validity, particularly focusing on convergent and discriminant validities of the internalizing-externalizing MCMI model of adult psychopathology using a psychiatric sample from a developing country, the Republic of Yemen. Methods. MCMI was distributed among 232 outpatients from the Hospital of Taiz City and two private psychiatry clinics in Yemen; data were collected using structured interviews over four months. We used exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to explore and confirm the latent structure MCMI and verify the evidence of convergent and discriminant validity. Results. The CFA results indicated that MCMI was a good fit for the internalizing-externalizing two-factor model of adult psychopathology, comparative fit index ðCFIÞ = 0:95, and RMSEA = 0:07. The results of the CFA provide evidence of convergent and discriminant validity characterized by MCMI with the internalizing-externalizing model. Conclusion. The adult psychopathology of internalizingexternalizing is a valid measurement model of MCMI with ten personality disorders and eight clinical syndromes.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Education Kulliyyah of Education > Department of Educational Psychology & Counseling
Depositing User:	PROF SAHARI NORDIN
Date Deposited:	03 Jan 2023 12:21
Last Modified:	03 Jan 2023 12:24
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/102508

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